Garment hanger



April' 13, 1943. .1 A. PAQKARD 2,316,533

GARMENT HANGER l Filed April 11, 1942 S1 ..MQM

Patented Apr. 13, 1943 GARMENT HANGER John A. Packard, Canton, Pa., assigner to The Belmar Manufacturing Company, Canton, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application April 11, 1942, Serial No. 438,639

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers; more especially clamp-type trouser hangers of all-wood construction.

A need exists for a trouser hanger which is as serviceable as metal hangers but which is or can be embodied entirely in wood, thereby avoiding the necessity for use of more costly, or unobtainable materials.

Among the objects of the invention are the provision of such a trouser hanger and more especially an all-wood trouser hanger of clamp type, which is substantially as durable and rigid as metal hangers and is of such construction as to avoid splitting or breakage of the wood.

These objects are achieved by providing a hanger including a pair of wooden clamp bars, a wooden hook, and springy wooden clamp rods secured to the hook by means of a wooden block in the hook extending beyond the plane thereof. The rods are separated or brought together through the agency of a wooden keeper, of particular construction described below.

In the accompanying drawing are shown two examples of specific embodiments of hangers within the purview of the invention. In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a view of one form of the hanger in side elevation,

Fig. 2 is an end view, with part of the keeper broken away,

Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation of the upper part only of a modification of Fig. 1, affording a folding hook, and

Fig. 4 is an end View of the construction of Fig. 3.

As shown in Fig. 1 the hanger includes a pair of wooden clamp bars 5, felt-lined at 6 and of usual shape, a wooden hook 'I and a pair of springy round wooden rods 8 secured in bores 9 in the bars. For maximum strength these rods are secured in bores I in a transverse-grain block II glued in a slot in the shank of the hook and projecting slightly beyond the plane of the hook. The bores IQ are inclined slightly away from each other so that in free position the rods hold the clamp bars apart to receive a garment.

Sliding on the rods is a wooden keeper I2 having over-size bores I3 diverging slightly from each other, so that in the keeper the upper ends of the bores are closer together than the lower ends, the divergence corresponding to the angle at which it is desired to hold the bars 8.

The construction of Figs. 3 and 4 is similar except that block II is replaced by a round block or dowel I to which rods 8 are secured in slightly divergent bores, rotatable in a bore I6 in the shank of the hook I1, whereby the hook can be turned to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, for packing, etc. The hook is shown as reinforced with wooden inserts I8 and I9, of plain or multi-ply construction, glued in.

The several parts are conveniently held together by glue, and the hanger can be painted, stained, etc. as desired.

In use, the action of the keeper is mechanically correct. In its lower position the outer walls of the bores I3 are in uniform contact throughout their length with the rods, thereby avoiding localized stress, and the upper and lower edges of the clamp bars engage each other under uniform pressure without canting. There is no tendency to slip.

What I claim is:

l. A garment hanger comprising a substantially at wooden hook, a wooden member retained transversely in the shank of the hook and projecting outwardly on either side thereof in a direction at right angles to the plane of the hook, a pair of downwardly extending springy wooden rods fixedly secured in said member and spaced from each other, a transverse wooden garmentclamping bar secured to the lower end of each rod, and a vertically sliding keeper surrounding the pair of rods and formed with spaced openings in which said rods are, respectively, slidably received, whereby said keeper is adapted in its upper position to cause the rods to move awaq;7 from each other and in its lower position to move the rods and the attached clamping bars toward each other.

2. A garment hanger comprising a wooden hook having substantially flat faces and a slotted shank, a wooden member secured in the slotted shank of the hook and projecting beyond the plane of the hook on either side thereof and at right angles thereto, a pair of downwardly extending springy wooden rods secured in said member and at least in part projecting outwardly beyond the opposite faces of the hook and spaced from each other in a plane at right angles to the plane of the hook, a transverse wooden garment-clamping bar secured to the lower end of each rod, and a vertically sliding keeper surrounding the pair of rods and formed with a pair of spaced openings through which said rods pass, whereby said keeper is adapted in its upper position to cause the rods to move away from each other and in its lower position to move the rods and the attached clamping bars toward each other.

3. A garment hanger comprising a wooden hook having a shank portion bored transversely to the plane of the hook, a round transverse member rotatable in said bore and projecting beyond the plane of the hook, a pair of downwardly extending springy wooden rods secured in said member and spaced from each other, in a plane at right angles to the plane of the hook, a dis- 5 on the pair of rods.

tance suicient to allow rotation of the hook to a position between the rods, a transverse wooden garment-clamping bar secured to the lower end of each rod, and vertically sliding keeper means JOHN A. PACKARD. 

